Shoe for tires.



C. A. WHYLAND.

SHOE FOR TIRES.

APPLICATION FILED M1A2?, 1911.

l,1Q,95l, Paftented Deo. 526, 19H.

ward-ly` with the tire.

CY'US A. WI-IYLANI), OF MARION, MASSACHUSETTS.

SHOE FOR TIRES.

reifest..

the following is a full, clear, and eXact de' scription.

My invention relates to shoes for tires, and it hasv for its object to provide one consisting of a' plurality of sections, disposed over the tread of a tire, and held against outward movement from the wheel by mem-l bers which permit the sections to move in- Additional objects of the inventionwill appear in the following complete specifica"- tion, in which the preferred form of my invention is disclosed.

In the. drawings similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views, in whichN Figure 1 is a side elevation of `a wheel, the tire of which is protected by my shoe;

f Fig. 2 is anenlarged transverse sectional view of Fig. 1; Fig. 8 is a transverse sectional viewV of one of the shoe members; and lEig. 1- is an enlarged sectional fragmentary view, showing the manner of connecting the members of the circular supports.

By referring to the drawings it will be seen that two circular supports 5 are provided, one being disposed at each side of the wheel, each ofthese circular supports 5 being composed of two sections 6 and 7, these sections 6 and 7 having e'ach a plurality of orifices S, which are spaced apart. In the orifices 8 are disposed bolts 9, having heads 10, the bolts being held relatively to the sections 6 and 7 by means of the nuts 11, which engage the thread 12 of the bolts and press against opposite sides of the sections 6 and 7. The ends of the sections 6 and 7 are held relatively to eachother by one of the bolts 9, which extends not .only through an orifice 8 in the section 6, but also through an orifice 6 in the section '7, so that the nuts 11 will not only hold the bolts 9 in the section 7, but will also hold the sections 6 and 7 relatively to each other.` 1

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented De@ 26, 1911, Application inea Aprii 27, 1911. serial naeaaeas'.

ed on 'the bolts 9, between the flanges 16 and A the heads 10. It will be seen that this con struction limits the outward movement of the shoes 13 relatively to the wheel, but per 'mits them to move inwardly with the tire 15.

The shoes 13 are constructed by bending the body portion 14 so that it will conform with the configuration of the tire, and by bending outwardly the flanges 16. Two parallel cuts are made at the opposite ends of each of the sections 13, the central portions 19 between the cuts being bent over to form flanges on the tread of the shoes, and the portions 20 at the sides of the cut portions being` bent laterally to form wings as best shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. l

It will be s'een 4that the shoes may be stamped out at very little expense, andthat as the means provided for supporting them on the wheel may be readily and cheaply constructed, the complete device, which will Vserve to afford the desired protection for the tire, as well as toprevent skidding, may be offered to the public at a relatively very low an orifice, extending laterally from the body portion, each end of the body portion being cut in two places to form central flanges bent v over the body portion at its center, and wings which are bent laterally.

In testimony whereof I have signed my -name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CYBUS A. WI-IYLAND. Witnesses HELEN C. NYE, WILLIAM A'. ANDREW. 

